Scraper for crumb-brushes.



C. T. WORTH.

SCRAPER FOR CRUMB BRUSHES.

APPLICATIONJILED OCT. 28. 1914.

PatentedApr. 3, 1917.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 3, 1911.

ApplicationfiIed October 28, 1914. Serial No. 869,086.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CAROLYN T. WORTH, a citizen of the United States,residin at Babylon, in the county of Suflolk and S tate of New York,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Scrapers for Crumb-Brushes, of which the following is a specification.

This invention contemplates an improved scraper for crumb brushes andhas as its primary object to provide a device of this character whichwill be inexpensive in construction, attractive in appearance, andefiicient in use.

The invention has as a further object to provide a scraper which willform a cover or cap plate for the back of the crumb brush and adapted toprotect the inner ends of the bristles of the brush to exclude moisturetherefrom.

A further object of the invention in this connection is to provide adevice of this character wherein the scraper will provide a protectionfor the back of the entire brush as well as the handle thereof, and willbe disposed to reinforce the connection between the handle and the bodyportion of the brush as well as to reinforce the handle itself, to

thus form a rigid structure.

And the invention has as a still further object to provide in a deviceof this character, a scraper having a straight and uninterruptedscraping edge and which is so formed as to provide scraping points orcorners.

lVith these and other objects in View, my invention will be more fullydescribed illustrated in the accompanying drawings and then specificallypointed out in the claims which are attached to and form a. part of thisapplication.

In the accompanying drawing Figure 1 is a detail perspective view of myimproved combined brush and scraper,

Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view thereof, and. Fig. 3 is a sectionalviewtaken on the l1ne 33 of Fig. 2.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the followingdescription and indicated in allthe views of the drawing by the samereference characters. x

Referring more particularly to the drawing, my improved brush includesthe back or body 10 which is preferably longitudinally curved and uponwhich 1s integrally formed a handle 11, the handle being also curvedlongitudinally reversely to the curvature of the body of the brush.

The body of the brush including the handle may be formed of wood or anyother suitable material and seated within suitable apertures 01* socketsformed within the body 10, are bristles 12. It will be observed that thehandle 11 and the body of the brush are formed from a single length ofmaterial, the handle being of a width equal to that of the body of thebrush and while I have illustrated this construction, still, it is to beunderstood that I do not wish to be limited to the exact structureshown, since various changes may be made in the body of the brush aswell as in the handle tending to produce a more attractive articlewithout departing from the spirit of the present in- V vention.

Mounted upon the upper face of the body 10 and extending to cover thehandle 11 is a plate 13, which-is preferably connected with the brush bysuitable fastening devices 14. The plate 13 is preferably formed ofsuitable sheet metal and is of such construction as to conform to thecontour of the body of the brush upon its rear edge, as does also theportion of the plate extending to cover the handle 11, the portion ofthe said plate lying over the handle being of equal width therewith.

The plate 18 is of a length equal to that of the brush and at itsforward end, is rounded to conform tothe adjacent curved terminal of thebody of the brush. Upon one side and coextensive with the bristles 12,the plate 13 is extended to provide a laterally projecting scraper 15,presenting a straight and uninterrupted longitudinally extendingscraping edge 16. At its extremities,the scraper 15 is cut away toprovide inclined edges 17, which, at their intersection with thescraping edge 16, provide scraping points or corners 18.

The scraper 16 may be of any suitable width and it will be observed thatin use, by reversing the brush, the scraping edge 16 may be readilybrought into position to remove crumbs from a table-cloth. Particularattention is also directed to the fact that the angularly'disposed edgesof the scraper provide scrapingpoints or corners at their intersectionand at each end of the scraper, disposed to readily remove any foodwhich may have solidified upon the cloth, the scrap bristles.

,' 'Particular attention is now directed to the fact that the plate 13covers the entire upper face of the body of the brush as well as thehandle thereof and will form an effective protection therefor such aswill prevent the body of the brush proper from becoming scarred as wellas to minimize the possibility of breakage. It will also be observedthat the plate 13 forms a covering for the body of the brush disposed tooverlie and provide a cap plate for the sockets receiving the bristles,such as will prevent moisture from gaining entrance to the said bristlesat their inner ends to cause their ultimate disengagement from the bodyof the brush.

In brush constructions of the type similar to that which I haveillustrated, a strip of veneer is usually mounted upon the back of thebody of the brush to close the adjacent ends of the seats for thebristles, but said strip of veneer very often cracks 01f or becomesmutilated to consequently expose the inner ends of the bristles andallowing moisture to gain access thereto. In the construction which Iprovide it will be observed that the necessity of the use of such astrip ofveneer is dispensed with while the plate 13 will provide adurable and effective closure for the bristle seats such as will, inuse, efi'ectually protect the inner ends of the Attention is now alsodirected to the fact that the plate 13 will provide a positive andJrigid reinforcement for the handle at the point of its connection withthe body of the brush sothat the liability of the handle becoming brokenoff from the body will be reduced to a minimum while the said plate will7 also provide an effective reinforcement for the handle itself, so thatwhile the handle will be firmly connected to the body of the brush itwill also be reinforced throughout its entire length by the plate 18 andthe possibil- :ity :of its being broken intermediate its length-will begreatly negatived. It'will therefore be seen that I provide a 7 verysimple and eflicient construction for the Copies of this patent may beobtained for purpose set forth wherein the scraper will form areinforcement for the body of the brush as well as the handle thereofand will further provide a protection for the bristles of the brush attheir inner ends. It will further be seen that the scraper is so formedas to present an uninterrupted and straight scraping edge and will alsoprovide scraping points at the extremities of said edge disposed to bebrought into contact with a particularly restricted area.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent is 1. A scraper for attachment to crumb brushes of thetype having a handle and provided with bristles arranged inconcavoconvex form, said scraper comprising a flat plate adapted to berigidly secured to and entirely cover the upper surface of the body ofthe brush and handle, one longitudinal edge of the plate being concaveto conform to the concave side of the brush bristles and the oppositelongitudinal edge of the plate at said brush bristles being extendedlaterally in a straight line beyond the convex side of the bristles toprovide a straight longitudinally disposed scraping edge, the oppositeends of the laterally extended portion of the plate converging inthedirection of and intersecting said scraping. edge.

'2. A scraper for attachment to crumb brushes of the type having ahandle and provided with bristles arranged in concavoconvex form, saidscraper comprising a flat metallic plate adapted to be rigidly securedto the upper surface of the body of the brush and said handle and havingone longitudinal edge thereof concaveto conform to the concave side ofthe brush bristles and its opposite longitudinal edge extended laterallyin a straight line beyond the convex side of the bristles to form astraight longitudinally disposed scraping edge, the opposite ends of thelaterally extended portion of the plate convergingon straight lines inthe direction of and intersecting said scraping edge, the end of thebody ofthe plate at the head of the brush being curved and graduallymerged into the adjacent converging end of the extended portion of saidplate.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CAROLYN T. WORTH. [1,. s.]

Witnesses:

Josnri-r A. DOUGLAS, ROYAL C. DULITTLE.

five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington,D. 0.

